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Ministry of Coal
Coal Linkage Rationalization
In 2017, CIL has done source rationalization of 12 state owned power plants based on the requests from these plants. The quantity rationalized was about 13 MT. The approximate potential annual savings in transportation cost by these power plants would be to the tune of Rs 774 crore, details of which are as under:
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|
Sr. No
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State/ Developer
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Power Plant
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Quantity rationalized

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|
Potential Annual Savings

|
|
|
|
Maharashtra
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|
Bhusawal
|
|
2.312
|
|
415
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|
1
|
|
Paras
|
|
1.204
|
|
|
|
Chandrapur
|
|
1.525
|
|
2
|
|
Haryana
|
|
RGTPP
|
|
1.33
|
|
50
|
|
3
|
|

|
|
APCPL, Jhajjar
|
|
1.13
|
|
31
|
|
|
|
Gujarat
|
|
Wanakbori
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
Ukai
|
|
240
|
|
|
|
Gandhinagar
|
|
|
|
|
|
West Bengal
|
|
Bakreshwar
|
|
1.2
|
|
2
|
|
5
|
|
Kolaghat
|
|
|
|
Santaldih
|
|
6
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|
Uttar Pradesh
|
|
Paricha
|
|
1.2
|
|
36
|
|
Total
|
|
12.901
|
|
774
Total coal movement rationalization of 54.76 MT has taken place with annual potential savings of Rs. 3354 crore.
An Inter-Ministerial Task Force  was constituted in July, 2017 to undertake a comprehensive review of existing coal sources of Independent Power Producers  having linkages and consider the feasibility for rationalization of these sources with a view to optimize transportation cost given the various technical constraints. The underlying objective behind the exercise was to reduce the landed cost of coal due to reduction in transportation cost. The methodology for linkage rationalization for IPPs has been accepted by the Government and the same has been circulated on 15.05.2018 to the CIL/SCCL to implement the methodology.
This information was given by the Minister of Railways, Coal, Finance & Corporate Affairs, Shri Piyush Goyal in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
213.72 cr Total Vaccine doses  have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
19,93,670 doses administered in last 24 hours
India's Active caseload currently stands at 52,336
Active cases stand at 0.12%
Recovery Rate currently at 98.69%
6,032 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 4,38,86,496
4,417 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
Daily positivity rate 
Weekly Positivity Rate 
88.77 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 3,67,490 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
PIB Kolkata organised Round table discussion on ‘Empowerment of Women’
Kolkata, 06.03.2020
Press Information Bureau, Kolkata in collaboration with Visvabharati University organised a round table discussion on ‘Empowerment of Women’ on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2020 at Women Study Centre, Visva-Bharati in Shantiniketan,Bolpur on Thursday.
Dr Asha Mukherjee, Head of the Philosophy and Comparative Religion department as well as the Acting Registrar of the University inaugurated the programme by lighting the lamp. She told that the whole world is facing discrimination problem which is a deep rooted one. To overcome the problem, girls need to be more educated which will ensure the empowerment of both men and women. They should have courage to question and raise their voices against the inequality meted out to them, she added.
Professor Susmita Bhattacharjee of Bengali department gave lot of examples from the Tagore’s Literature, where women broke the traditional way of living for solving various problems of society. She quoted lots of paradigm from Tagore’s literature.
Professor Prashanta Kumar Ghosh from the Department of Social Work said that it is the high time to include women in every sector of the society. He told that Tagore had shown the way where women were involved with small scale industries in Sriniketan. Col. Dr Susmita Das , Army Medical Corp informed that women are too keen to join the armed forces now-a-days. Sri Ritankar Kundu, lead bank Manager of Shantiniketan shared his experience about repayment of loan. The UCO Bank manager told that it is the women, be it women Self help group or individual, pay back the loan in time more sincerely.
The discussion was held at Indira Gandhi Centre. More than 50 students, some of them are foreign nationals, attended the discussion. Their active participation made the discussion livelier.
Smt Chitra Gupta, Deputy Director of the PIB Kolkata gave the vote of thanks to the attendees.
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Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Around Rs 1,082 crore paid to 41,084 farmers for procurement of paddy on MSP
Cotton procurement for Kharif Marketing Season 2020-21 on MSP has also started
Paddy procurement for 2020-21 has commenced across the procuring States. As on 03.10.2020, cumulative procurement of Paddy in KMS 2020-21 is 5,73,339 MT. The total number of farmers benefited are 41,084 and total MSP outflow so far, is approximately Rs 1,082.464 crore.
The Procurement of seed cotton  during Kharif Marketing Season 2020-21 has started from 1st October, 2020. As on 3-10-2020, Cotton Corporation of India has procured a cumulative quantity of 147 bales under MSP for a value of Rs.40.80 Lakh benefitting 29 farmers.
Cabinet
Cabinet approves Modified Electronics Manufacturing Clusters  Scheme
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved financial assistance to the Modified Electronics Manufacturing Clusters  Scheme for development of world class infrastructure along with common facilities and amenities through Electronics Manufacturing Clusters . It is expected that these EMCs would aid the growth of the ESDM sector, help development of entrepreneurial ecosystem, drive innovation and catalyze the economic growth of the region by attracting investments in the sector, increasing employment opportunities and tax revenues.
The Modified Electronics Manufacturing Clusters  Scheme would support setting up of both Electronics Manufacturing Clusters  and Common Facility Centers . For the purpose of this Scheme, an Electronics Manufacturing Cluster  would set up in geographical areas of certain minimum extent, preferably contiguous, where the focus is on development of basic infrastructure, amenities and other common facilities for the ESDM units. For Common Facility Centre , there should be a significant number of existing ESDM units located in the area and the focus is on upgrading common technical infrastructure and providing common facilities for the ESDM units in such EMCs, Industrial Areas/Parks/industrial corridors.
Financial Implications
The total outlay of the propose EMC 2.0 Scheme is Rs. 3,762.25 crore  which includes the financial assistance of Rs. 3,725 crore  and administrative and management expense to the tune of Rs. 37.25 crore  over a period of eight  years.
Benefits
The Scheme will create a robust infrastructure base for electronic industry to attract flow of investment in ESDM sector and lead to greater employment opportunities. Following are the expected outputs/outcomes for the Scheme:
- Availability of ready infrastructure and Plug & Play facility for attracting investment in electronics sector:
- New investment in electronics sector
- Jobs created by the manufacturing units;
- Revenue in the form of taxes paid by the manufacturing units
Background
To build and create requisite infrastructure ecosystem for electronics manufacturing; Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology  notified Electronics Manufacturing Clusters  Scheme which was open for receipt of applications upto October, 2017. A period of 5 years  is available for disbursement of funds for the approved projects. Under EMC scheme, 20 Greenfield EMCs and 3 Common Facility Centres  measuring an area of 3565 acres with project cost of Rs. 3898 crore including Government Grant-in-aid of Rs. 1577 crore have been approved in 15 states across the country.
There is a need for continuation of such scheme in modified form for further strengthening the infrastructure base for electronics industry in the country and deepening the electronics value chain.
India’s electronics production has increased from Rs. 1,90,366 crore  in 2014-15 to Rs. 4,58,006  in 2018-19, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate  of about 25%. India’s share in global electronics manufacturing grew from 1.3%  to 3.0% . It accounts jfor 2.3% of India’s GDP at present.
Ministry of Railways
Indian Railways ensures that supply of sugar, salt and edible oil are fully maintained for consumption of the common man during the COVID-19 lockdown
From 23rd March to 4th April 2020, Railways has transported 1342 wagons of sugar, 958 wagons of salt and 378 wagons/tanks of edible oil
Indian Railways has been making all efforts to ensure that there is no shortage of sugar, salt and edible oil for consumption of the common man during the nationwide lock down due to COVID-19. The loading, transportation and unloading of these essential commodities has been in progress in full swing during this period.
During last 13 days from 23rd March to 4th April 2020, Railways loaded and carried 1342 wagons of sugar, 958 wagons of salt and 378 wagons/tanks of edible oil . Details are as follows:
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Sl.
No.
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Date
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|
No. of wagons of
Sugar
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|
No. of wagons of
Salt
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No. of wagons of Edible Oil
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1.
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23.03.2020
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|
42
|
|
168
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|
-
|
|
2.
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24.03.2020
|
|
-
|
|
168
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|
50
|
|
3.
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|
25.03.2020
|
|
42
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|
42
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|
-
|
|
4.
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26.03.2020
|
|
42
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|
42
|
|
-
|
|
5.
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|
27.03.2020
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|
42
|
|
42
|
|
-
|
|
6.
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|
28.03.2020
|
|
126
|
|
42
|
|
50
|
|
7.
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|
29.03.2020
|
|
210
|
|
42
|
|
42
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|
8.
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|
30.03.2020
|
|
252
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|
8
|
|
-
|
|
9.
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|
31.03.2020
|
|
293
|
|
84
|
|
-
|
|
10.
|
|
01.04.2020
|
|
210
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
11.
|
|
02.04.2020
|
|
-
|
|
133
|
|
64
|
|
12.
|
|
03.04.2020
|
|
41
|
|
103
|
|
122
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|
13.
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|
04.04.2020
|
|
42
|
|
84
|
|
50
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
1342
|
|
958
|
|
378
Freight movement is being closely monitored by officials at very senior level. Issues which were earlier being faced by Railways at many terminal points in loading and unloading operations are being effectively resolved. Indian Railways along with Ministry of Home affairs is keeping in touch with State Governments to sort out any such operational issue if they arise.
Ministry of Home Affairs
ANTI-TRAFFICKING CASES
The Ministry of Home Affairs has launched a national level communication platform - Crime Multi Agency Centre  in the year 2020. Cri-MAC facilitates dissemination of information about significant crimes, including human trafficking cases, across the country on real time basis. Cri-MAC has been launched for generating alerts on significant incidents of crime and for communication among police units across the country. The coordination mechanism available to Police Officers across the States and Union Territories through Cri-MAC is an efficient and fast enabling-tool for sharing information about any crime in a safe and secure manner, which helps in locating and identifying the victims and also helps in prevention, detection and investigation of crimes.
The National Crime Records Bureau compiles crime statistics reported to it by the States and Union Territories and publishes the same in its annual publication ‘Crime in India’. The latest published report is of the year 2021. A total of 2189 cases of human trafficking were reported and 1645 charge sheeted during the year 2021.
‘Police’ and ‘Public Order’ are “State-List” subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. Therefore, the responsibility for preventing and countering the crime of human trafficking primarily vests with respective State Governments/Union Territories. However, the Ministry of Home Affairs has also been supplementing the efforts of the States/UTs in this regard by providing them guidelines on preventing and countering human trafficking, etc. in the form of various Advisories issued from time to time. These advisories are available at www.mha.gov.in. The Ministry of Home Affairs has advised the States and Union Territories that appropriate ‘intelligence’ and ‘surveillance’ mechanisms may be established by them for identifying the persons/gangs involved in human trafficking cases and for gathering information about their affiliations, modus operandi, etc. States/Union Territories have also been advised to take suitable measures for generating awareness about incidents of human trafficking at all levels and for organizing community awareness programmes and to engage with representatives of local panchayats to effectively counter the human trafficking incidents.
The Ministry has also provided financial assistance to all States/Union Territories for establishing Anti Human Trafficking Units covering all districts of the country. The Ministry of Home Affairs also provides financial assistance to the States/Union Territories to hold ‘Judicial Colloquiums’ and ‘State level conferences’ for sensitizing law officers/Police Officers, etc. on issues relating to trafficking.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Ajay Kumar Mishra in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
Ministry of Defence
INDIAN MILITARY CONTINGENT ARRIVES AT SEYCHELLES FOR JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE LAMITIYE – 2022
The 9th Joint Military Exercise LAMITIYE-2022 between the Indian Army and Seychelles Defence Forces  is being conducted at Seychelles Defence Academy , Seychelles from 22 March to 31 March 22. An Infantry Platoon strength each from both the Indian Army and Seychelles Defence Forces  along with Company Headquarters will be participating in this exercise which is aimed at sharing experiences gained during various operations against hostile forces in Semi-Urban environment and enhance capability to undertake joint operations.
The Indian Army contingent comprising troops from the 2/3 GORKHA RIFLES group  arrived at Seychelles on 21 March 2022.
Exercise LAMITIYE-2022 is a biennial training event which is being conducted in Seychelles since 2001. Notably, in the series of military training exercises undertaken by India with various countries; Exercise LAMITIYE with Seychelles is crucial and significant in terms of security challenges faced by both the Nations in the backdrop of current global situation and growing security concerns in the Indian Ocean Region.
The 10 days long joint exercise will include field training exercises, combat discussions, lectures, demonstrations and culminate with a two days validation exercise. The objective of the joint training exercise is to build and promote bilateral military relations in addition to exchanging skills, experiences and good practices between both the armies. Both sides will jointly train, plan and execute a series of well-developed tactical drills for neutralistion of likely threats that may be encountered in Semi Urban environment, while exploiting and showcasing new generation equipment and technology for conducting joint operations. Due emphasis will be laid on enhancing tactical skills in combating hostile forces in Semi-Urban environment and on increasing interoperability between forces.
Major Abhishek Nepal Singh, Company Commander of Indian Army contingent stated, “The biennial exercise, which has largely contributed to strengthen bilateral military cooperation & interoperability between both armies, is an outbound exercise being held in Seychelles. We look forward to share practical aspects to comprehend and put in practice the validated drills, procedures as well as amalgamation of new technology in sub-conventional operations through numerous situation based discussions and tactical exercises”.
The joint military exercise will enhance the level of defence co-operation between Indian Army and Seychelles Defence Forces  and will further manifest in enhancing the bilateral relations between the two countries.
Ministry of Heavy Industries
Privatization of Public Enterprises
As per Public Enterprises Survey 2017-18 that was laid in the Parliament on 27.12.2018, there were 339 Central Public Sector Enterprises  as on 31.03.2018, out of which 257 were in operation and 82 were under construction. Of the 257 operating CPSEs, 71 CPSEs had incurred losses during 2017-18.
There were 16 Navaratna CPSEs as on 31.3.2018. Out of these, the strategic disinvestment has been completed in two CPSEs namely, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. and Rural Electrification Corporation Limited. At present there is no proposal for strategic disinvestment of other Navaratna CPSEs.
This information was given by the Minister for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Arvind GanpatSawant, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Law and Justice
Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Development of Infrastructure Facilities for The Judiciary
The Centrally Sponsored Scheme  of the Department of Justice  for Development of Infrastructure Facilities for the Judiciary is transforming judicial infrastructure at District and Subordinate Courts since its inception, enhancing state government resources for constructing court buildings, digital computer rooms, lawyers’ halls, toilet complexes and residential accommodations for Judicial officers.
The fund-sharing pattern under the scheme is 60:40 , 90:10 for 8 North-Eastern and 2 Himalayan States & 100% central funding for the Union Territories.
Prime Minister's Office
PM greets people of Goa on Goa Liberation Day
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the people of Goa on Goa Liberation Day.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
"Goa Liberation Day greetings to the people of Goa. On this day, we recall the courage and monumental contribution of all those who were a part of the movement to free Goa. We are inspired by their vision and are working towards Goa’s development."
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India tests more than 6 lakh tests in 24 hours, for 2nd day in a row
More than 2.14 crore samples tested cumulatively
Tests Per Million  rises to 15568
India has continued testing more than 6 lakh COVID-19 samples for the second consecutive day. The resolve of Union and State/UT Governments to follow aggressive testing as the first important step in the early detection and treatment/home isolation of COVID-19 positive cases has resulted in India rapidly increasing the number of tests done per day.
The graded and evolving response resulted in a testing strategy that steadily widened the testing network in the country. With 6,19,652 tests conducted in last 24 hours, the cumulative testing as on date has reached 2,14,84,402. The Tests Per Million has seen a sharp increase to 15568.
To keep up with the comprehensive “TEST, TRACK and TREAT” strategy, the testing lab network in the country is being continuously strengthened. The lab network as on today consists of 1366 labs in the country with 920 labs in the government sector and 446 private labs. These include:
• Real-Time RT PCR based testing labs: 696 
• TrueNat based testing labs: 561 
• CBNAAT based testing labs: 109 
For all authentic & updated information on COVID-19 related technical issues, guidelines & advisories please visit: https://www.mohfw.gov.in/ and @MoHFW_INDIA.
Technical queries related to COVID-19 may be sent to technicalquery.covid19[at]gov[dot]in and other queries on ncov2019[at]gov[dot]in and @CovidIndiaSeva .
In case of any queries on COVID-19, please call at the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare helpline no.: +91-11-23978046 or 1075 . List of helpline numbers of States/UTs on COVID-19 is also available at https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/coronvavirushelplinenumber.pdf .
Special Service and Features
Digital Life Certificate campaign organised
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare under Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions organised a Digital Life Certificate campaign at Thiruvananthapuram for Central Government Pensioners. The campaign was inaugurated by Undersecretary Charanjit Taneja. The special nation-wide campaign aims to promote Digital Life Certificate and for popularizing the Face Authentication Technique. 246 Pensioners attended the camp.
The Department has so far issued 64,72,213 DLCs including 3,47,336 with face authentication. Among these, 23,19,223 are DLCs of Central Government pensioners including 2,02,774 with face authentication.
The representatives of State Bank of India, UIDAI, pensioners associations also participated in the camp.
The Department is running the campaign throughout the month of November across the country to submit life certificate through face authentication.
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Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
Consumer Price Index Numbers On Base 2012=100 For Rural, Urban And Combined For The Month Of April 2023
The National Statistical Office , Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation  has released All India Consumer Price Index  on Base 2012=100 and corresponding Consumer Food Price Index  for Rural , Urban  and Combined  for the month of April 2023  and CPIs for Sub-Groups and Groups for both All India and all States/UTs.
2. The price data was collected from selected 1114 urban markets and 1181 villages covering all States/UTs through personal visits by field staff of Field Operations Division of NSO, MoSPI on a weekly roster. During the month of April 2023, NSO collected prices from 99.83% villages and 98.56% urban Markets while the Market-wise prices reported therein were 89.90% for rural and 93.14% for urban.
3. All India Inflation rates , based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:
All India year-on-year inflation rates  based on CPI  and CFPI: April 2023 over April 2022
|
|
|
|
Apr. 2023 
|
|
Mar. 2023 
|
|
Apr. 2022
|
|
Rural
|
|
Urban
|
|
Combd.
|
|
Rural
|
|
Urban
|
|
Combd.
|
|
Rural
|
|
Urban
|
|
Combd.
|
|
Inflation
|
|
CPI 
|
|
4.68
|
|
4.85
|
|
4.70
|
|
5.51
|
|
5.89
|
|
5.66
|
|
8.38
|
|
7.09
|
|
7.79
|
|
CFPI
|
|
3.83
|
|
3.69
|
|
3.84
|
|
4.72
|
|
4.82
|
|
4.79
|
|
8.50
|
|
8.09
|
|
8.31
|
|
Index
|
|
CPI 
|
|
178.8
|
|
177.4
|
|
178.1
|
|
178.0
|
|
176.3
|
|
177.2
|
|
170.8
|
|
169.2
|
|
170.1
|
|
CFPI
|
|
173.6
|
|
180.0
|
|
175.9
|
|
173.0
|
|
178.4
|
|
174.9
|
|
167.2
|
|
173.6
|
|
169.4
Notes: Prov. – Provisional, Combd. – Combined
4. Monthly changes in the General Indices and CFPIs are given below:
Monthly changes  in All India CPI  and CFPI: April 2023 over March 2023
|
|
Indices
|
|
Apr. 2023 
|
|
Mar. 2023 
|
|
Monthly change 
|
|
Rural
|
|
Urban
|
|
Combd.
|
|
Rural
|
|
Urban
|
|
Combd.
|
|
Rural
|
|
Urban
|
|
Combd.
|
|
CPI 
|
|
178.8
|
|
177.4
|
|
178.1
|
|
178.0
|
|
176.3
|
|
177.2
|
|
0.45
|
|
0.62
|
|
0.51
|
|
CFPI
|
|
173.6
|
|
180.0
|
|
175.9
|
|
173.0
|
|
178.4
|
|
174.9
|
|
0.35
|
|
0.90
|
|
0.57
Note: Figures of April 2023 are provisional.
5. Next date of release for May 2023 CPI is 12th June 2023 . For more details please visit the website www.mospi.gov.in
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Prime Minister's Office
PM lauds great effort to preserve country’s heritage
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi lauded the great effort to preserve country’s heritage. Shri Modi said that we are committed to preserve and beautify the country’s heritage.
Shri Modi was responding to the tweet threads by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, wherein Centre has informed that Union Home and Cooperation Minister, Shri Amit Shah inaugurated the Vedic Heritage Portal and Kala Vaibhav  at IGNCA campus.
IGNCA Delhi has also informed that the Vedic Heritage Portal has been prepared in Hindi and English languages. Audio and visuals of more than 18 thousand Vedic mantras are available in this.
Responding to the tweet threads by IGNCA Delhi about aforesaid development at the Centre the Prime Minister tweeted;
"बेहतरीन प्रयास! देश की विरासत को संजोने और संवारने के लिए हमारी सरकार प्रतिबद्ध है।"